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Bama Rowell
Carvel William Rowell
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 13, 1916 in Citronelle, AL
Schools: Louisiana State University (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1939
Final Game: October 2, 1948
Died: August 16, 1993 in Citronelle, AL
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1939 23 BSN NL 21 62 59 5 11 2 2 0 6 0 1 4 .186 .200 .288 .488 34 17 2 0 2 O
1940 24 BSN NL 130 508 486 46 148 19 8 3 58 12 18 22 .305 .331 .395 .726 104 192 4 1 3 *4/O MVP-21
1941 25 BSN NL 138 524 483 49 129 23 6 7 60 11 39 36 .267 .322 .383 .705 102 185 6 0 2 *4O/5
1946 30 BSN NL 95 329 293 37 82 12 6 3 31 5 29 15 .280 .345 .392 .737 108 115 5 0 7 O
1947 31 BSN NL 113 414 384 48 106 23 2 5 40 7 18 14 .276 .310 .385 .696 85 148 3 1 11 O/45
1948 32 PHI NL 77 206 196 15 47 16 2 1 22 2 8 14 .240 .270 .357 .627 70 70 3 0 2 5O4
6 Seasons 574 2043 1901 200 523 95 26 19 217 37 113 105 .275 .316 .382 .699 94 727 23 2 27
162 Game Avg. 162 577 537 56 148 27 7 5 61 10 32 30 .275 .316 .382 .699 94 205 6 1 8
BSN (5 yrs) 497 1837 1705 185 476 79 24 18 195 35 105 91 .279 .322 .385 .707 97 657 20 2 25
PHI (1 yr) 77 206 196 15 47 16 2 1 22 2 8 14 .240 .270 .357 .627 70 70 3 0 2
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1939 BSN NL 23 OF 16 34 27 2 5 1 .853 1.81 .979 2.17 0-13-3
1940 BSN NL 24 2B 115 641 251 360 30 81 .953 5.31 .964 5.14 MVP-21
1940 BSN NL 24 OF 7 9 7 0 2 0 .778 1.00 .978 2.17 0-1-6 MVP-21
1941 BSN NL 25 2B 112 617 265 312 40 81 .935 5.15 .963 5.25
1941 BSN NL 25 OF 14 29 26 2 1 1 .966 2.00 .976 2.15 7-2-6
1941 BSN NL 25 3B 2 8 5 3 0 1 1.000 4.00 .950 3.15
1946 BSN NL 30 OF 85 180 168 8 4 2 .978 2.07 .977 2.16 71-14-0
1947 BSN NL 31 OF 100 218 202 4 12 0 .945 2.06 .978 2.19 99-2-0
1947 BSN NL 31 2B 7 21 9 11 1 1 .952 2.86 .976 5.19
1947 BSN NL 31 3B 4 13 5 6 2 0 .846 2.75 .954 2.80
1948 PHI NL 32 3B 18 39 15 17 7 3 .821 1.78 .949 2.81
1948 PHI NL 32 OF 17 36 34 0 2 0 .944 2.00 .978 2.20 14-0-3
1948 PHI NL 32 2B 12 55 27 25 3 4 .945 4.33 .971 4.83
4 Seasons 2B 246 1334 552 708 74 167 .945 5.12 .964 5.18
6 Seasons OF 239 506 464 16 26 4 .949 2.01 .978 2.18 191-32-18
3 Seasons 3B 24 60 25 26 9 4 .850 2.13 .950 2.84
6 Seasons TOT 509 1900 1041 750 109 175 .943 3.52 .910 3.66 191-32-18

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1940-NL-21-3%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1940 NL--.305--10th

Triples s c a p y
1940 NL--8--9th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1940 NL--12--8th
1941 NL--11--7th
1947 NL--7--10th

Singles s c a p y
1940 NL--118--7th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1947 NL--11--7th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1941 NL--8.6--4th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 11 (1313), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1892), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2772), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Howard Freigau (966)
  2. Bobby Brown (957)
  3. Bill Brubaker (953)
  4. Gene Robertson (953)
  5. Jimmy Walsh (951)
  6. Dave Engle (950)
  7. Jumbo Davis (950)
  8. Scott Cooper (950)
  9. Chuck Dressen (945)
  10. Wilton Guerrero (945)
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  1. Kevin Stocker (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Sam Bohne (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mike Sharperson (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Hank Majeski (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Stein (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

March 6, 1948: Traded by the Boston Braves with Ray Sanders and $40,000 to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Eddie Stanky.

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Name and misspellings: Carvel Bama Bill William Rowell

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